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Peek into 84 model pagodas on a century-long odyssey from Shanghai to San Francisco to Singapore
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For six months since November 2023, lead conservator Leon Sim worked on 81 historic wooden model pagodas for the Asian Civilisations Museum's blockbuster exhibition Pagoda Odyssey 1915: From Shanghai To San Francisco.
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SINGAPORE – More than 80 wooden model pagodas from before 1915, newly acquired for Singapore’s National Collection, are being given the international star treatment as they arrive in Singapore.
Lead conservator Leon Sim, who inspected the models in San Francisco, says the models are first acclimatised to local museum humidity levels for days, notch by notch, from 42 to 55 per cent.
